Prof. Dr Paul L. Herrling, Vice President

Paul Herrling, born 1946, Swiss citizen, Prof. Dr phil. II

 

Vice-President of the ETH Board since 2008, member of the ETH Board since 2004

 

Chair Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases since 2012

 

Paul Herrling obtained a doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Zurich in 1975. From 2002 to 2010, he was Head of Corporate Research at Novartis International. He was Head of the Novartis Institutes for Developing World Medical Research from 2010 to 2011. At the University of Basel, he has been professor of drug discovery science since 2001 and member of the University Council since 2007. He is on boards of trustees at the Scripps Research Institute (California, USA), within the Novartis Group and in various foundations.